Though his background is Albanian, Franki Juncaj is Detroit through and through: he was born in the city and grew up in the Hamtramck neighbourhood. He got into techno after being introduced to the once-cherished Submerge store, which was demolished in 2009. Besa will be Juncaj's first full-length since 2010's Galactic Caravan, an album that spawned a remix package featuring Ben Sims, Alexander Robotnik and Orlando Voorn. As with that record, Besa will come out on DJ 3000's own Motech label, which he's been running since 2001. It will be preceded by a single featuring two album tracks, "Indigo" and "Morning Bird," due out December 9th.

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